Debugging loops in Micosoft Visual C++ 2010 Express

Hi,

I am debugging a for loop which is 100 iterations long.
My program starts to struggle after 50th loop, so I need to take a look inside each step of the loop after 50th iteration.

Currently the only way I know to skip through a loop iteration is to say 'run to cursor' just before end of the loop, so it skips one iteration then do it again so it will skip the second etc

As you can appreciate this will take a very long time until I reach the 50th iteration.

Is there a way to skip a user defined number of iterations and go to the one I need straight away???

Thank you!

That depends on what the loop actually does... but logically, if you can skip the first 49 iterations and still get the same net effect, then you probably should do that even if you were not trying to debug for the 50th iteration (e.g., you use a formula instead of a loop).

Why not post the loop and other necessary code?

My friend just told me the answer:

Place a breakpoint just before end of the loop,
Right click on the breakpoint
Choose 'Hit Count' option
specify to break when hit count reaches 50.

Works a treat!

Thank you for your comment anyway.

You can also set a breakpoint with a condition, say, i==50. That would break at a specific time in a loop. Also handy.

Thank you :)